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“It is sometimes said that we should never believe a scientific theory until it is verified by experiment. But a famous astronomer has also stated that we should never believe an observation until it is confirmed by a theory.”

Should Believe Said Sometimes Theory Experiments Observation Astronomers Scientific Theory

Book:Faster Than The Speed Of Light: The Story of a Scientific Speculation

Source: Faster Than The Speed Of Light: The Story of a Scientific Speculation

“I wanted to become a mathematician, physicist or astronomer.”

Wanted Mathematician Physicist Astronomers

Author:Philip Emeagwali

“Astronomers ought to be able to ask fundamental questions without accelerators”

Able Asks Ought Fundamentals Astronomers

Author:Saul Perlmutter

“Students of the heavens are separable into astronomers and astrologers as readily as the minor domestic ruminants into sheep and goats, but the separation of philosophers into sages and cranks seems to be more sensitive to frames of reference.”

Seems Science Heaven Students Philosopher Separation Sensitive Sheep Minors Sage Goats Astronomers Crank Frame Of Reference

Author:Willard Van Orman Quine

“When people on airplanes ask me what I do, I used to say I was a physicist, which ended the discussion. I once said I was a cosmologist, but they started asking me about makeup, and the title 'astronomer' gets confused with astrologer. Now I say I make maps.”

People Said Used Asks Asking Physics Titles Ask Me Discussion Confused Makeup Maps Airplane Physicist Astronomers

Author:Margaret Geller

“The scorn which I had reason to fear on account of the novelty and unconventionality of my opinion almost induced me to abandon completely the work which I had undertaken. . . . Astronomy is written for astronomers. To them my work too will seem, unless I am mistaken, to make some contribution.”

Reason Seems Opinion Written Accounts Astronomy Contribution Abandon Mistaken Scorn Novelty Cosmology Astronomers

Author:Nicolaus Copernicus

“Perhaps I had better inform my Protestant readers that the famous Dogma of Papal Infallibility is by far the most modest pretension of the kind in existence. Compared with our infallible democracies, our infallible medical councils, our infallible astronomers, our infallible judges, and our infallible parliaments, the Pope is on his knees in the dust confessing his ignorance before the throne of God, asking only that as to certain historical matters on which he has clearly more sources of information open to him than anyone else his decision shall be taken as final.”

Source: The Collected Works of George Bernard Shaw: Plays, Novels, Articles, Lectures, Letters and Essays: Pygmalion, Mrs. Warren’s Profession, Candida, Arms and The Man, Man and Superman, Caesar and Cleopatra, Androcles And The Lion, The New York Times Articles on War, Memories of Oscar Wilde and more

“Bach is like an astronomer who, with the help of ciphers, finds the most wonderful stars.”

Helping Stars Wonderful Astronomers Ciphers

Author:Frederic Chopin

“I'm a much better musician than astronomer. I think the world got the right choice.”

Thinking World Choices Musician Astronomers Right Choices

Author:Brian May

“And the elephant sings deep in the forest-maze About a star of deathless and painless peace But no astronomer can find where it is.”

Stars Forests Elephants Mazes Astronomers Deathless Painless

Author:Ted Hughes

“UFO (Unidentified Flying Object)sightings are not higher among amateur astronomers than they are in the general public. In fact, they're lower. You say, why is that so? Well, because we know what the hell we're looking at!”

Knows Wells Facts Religion Hell Objects Higher Flying Ufo Astronomers General Public

Author:Neil deGrasse Tyson

“Meton (astronomer in 5th century BC): With the straight ruler I set to work To make the circle four-cornered .”

Work Four Century Circles Rulers Astronomers Cornered

Author:Aristophanes

“When I'm asked about the relevance to Black people of what I do, I take that as an affront. It presupposes that Black people have never been involved in exploring the heavens, but this is not so. Ancient African empires - Mali, Songhai, Egypt - had scientists, astronomers. The fact is that space and its resources belong to all of us, not to any one group.”

People Facts Science Heaven Black Space Groups Involved Resources Scientist Ancient Empires Exploration Black People Exploring Egypt Relevance Astronomers Affront Mali

Author:Mae Jemison

“Radio astronomers study radio waves from space using sensitive antennas and receivers, which give them precise information about what an astronomical object is and where it is in our night sky. And just like the signals that we send and receive here on Earth, we can convert these transmissions into sound using simple analog techniques.”

Giving Earth Night Sound Simple Space Study Sky Information Objects Wave Radio Technique Sensitive Precise Signals Night Sky Transmission Astronomers Receiver Analog Antenna Radio Waves

Author:Honor Harger

“One of Walt Whitman's best-known poems is this one: When I heard the learn'd astronomer,.... The trouble is, Whitman is talking through his hat, but the poor soul didn't know any better”

Knows Soul Poor Talking Known Trouble Heard Hats Walt Astronomers

Author:Isaac Asimov

“I only hope that we shall not wait to adopt the program until after our astronomers have reported a new and unsuspected asteroid moving across their fields of vision with menacing speed. At that point it will be too late!”

Moving Waiting Space Vision Fields Late Program Speed Too Late Astronomers Asteroids

Author:Wernher von Braun